SPEECH BEHAVIOUR ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF HOLISM

Abstract

A holistic approach to studying a person as a method of research displays the integrated investigation of his/her biological, psychological, and social attributes in the process of his/her interaction with the surrounding reality. Changes in female speech behaviour towards its masculinization, as demonstrated in this paper, contribute to the feminization of male speech behaviour, displaying a phenomenon of communicative androgyny. The finding reveals that the androgynous speech demeanor of an individual in a state of disturbed organic equilibrium reflects the merging of opposing phenomena, feelings of confidence (certainty) and uncertainty, represented through categorical and non-categorical speech behaviour.

Keywords

• holism
• speech behaviour
• communicative androgyny
• categorical quality/non-categorical quality
• речевое поведение
• холизм
• андрогинность
• категоричность/некатегоричность